BTS V achieves another milestone on Spotify! His OST becomes Korea's first to hit 200 million streams on the largest music platform.
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BTS V's 'Sweet Night' Becomes First Korean OST to Hit 200 Million streams on Spotify
The OST for the K-Drama "Itaewon Class," released in 2020, has now become the first Korean OST to exceed 200 million streams on Spotify. Therefore, the song also achieves the record of being the most streamed Korean OST on the music platform.
Now, V joins PSY as the Korean male soloists to hit 200 million streams on Spotify history.
Congratulations, BTS V!
BTS V's 'Christmas Tree' Tops Spotify Korea's Weekly Chart
BTS V's "Christmas Tree" tops the weekly chart of Spotify Korea, the world's largest music platform.
"Christmas Tree" topped Spotify Korea's "Weekly Top Songs" chart from January 28 to February 3, showing off the strongest music power. From January 26 to February 3, the song is the first OST to top the weekly charts thanks to its achievement.
Even after the drama ended in late January, "Christmas Tree," the "Our Beloved Summer" OST continued its hot popularity with the MZ generation as a fantastic synergy combination of a well-made drama and a luxury soundtrack.
"Christmas Tree" topped the charts for nine consecutive days until February 3, which is also the longest-running record for an OST on the Spotify Korea chart.
In addition, on February 6, it has retaken 1st place and added the 1st place record for a maximum of 10 days.
This is the first time a Korean male singer's solo song has topped the chart, and V has left a meaningful record of being the first BTS member to top the chart.
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BTS V is the only artist to surpass 5 million followers and listeners without an album release throughout the history of Spotify.
As of February 5, the number of monthly listeners on V's official Spotify account reached 5,363,655.
The number of monthly listeners is breaking a new high every day, and the number of followers has surpassed 5.75 million in December and January, ranking first in the growth rate of Korean solo artists for two months.
Meanwhile, on January 7 and 8, he ranked first as an artist worldwide in the "Spotify Follower Increase Ranking" for two days.
V's record of looking at the K-Pop Solo No. 5 ranking and 6 million followers with only three of his single OSTs without a mixtape or album shows the solid potential of being a solo artist.
BTS V Dominates Google's Search Trends
According to Google Trends for the past 10 years, in topics related to the search term "The Most Handsome Man," V's search keyword "V" ranked first.
Even if the search period was extended to 2004, when Google Trends began to provide data, V is still the top person in related topics. Considering that BTS debuted in 2013, one can see how overwhelmingly his searches for "the most handsome man" occupied the volume.
In 2017, V was selected as the number 1 in TC Candler's "World's 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2017" and began to make the name of the world's most handsome man.
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